Special event

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[edit] A special event is an in-game festival of an in-game holiday, although they tend to closely follow some real world celebration. These events are commemorated with special fete-related drops and/or activities, including minigames, festival quests, and decorations of towns and NPCs. Players categorize these events into major events, which offer festival minigames, items (including a festival hat), and a finale; and minor events that might include decorations or seasonal drops, but lack a finale.

Recurring events

Event	Introduced	Approx annual start date1	Size2	Finale in...	Redux3	Notes
Canthan New Year	2007	Fifth Thursday of the year (Chinese New Year)	Major	Shing Jea Monastery		Different miniature available from that year's Lunar Fortunes. Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Quests. Special drop: Lunar Token.
Lucky weekend	2007	March (mid) (St. Patrick's Day)	Minor			Special drops: Four-Leaf Clover and Shamrock Ale
Sweet Treat Weekend	2007	March/April (Easter)	Minor			Special drops: Chocolate Bunny and Golden Egg
April Fools' Day	2007	April 1 (April Fools' Day)	Minor			Quests.
Birthday Celebration	2006	April (late)	Minor			Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Special drop: Birthday Cupcake.
Dragon Festival	2006	July (early)	Major	Shing Jea Monastery	2007	Shing Jea Boardwalk is open. Mini-missions and quests. Special drop: Victory Token.
Wintersday in July	2008	July (mid)	Minor			Dwayna Vs Grenth (excluding 8 versus 8 automated tournaments) Special drops: Eggnog, Frosty Tonic, Fruitcake, Mischievous Tonic, and Snowman Summoner.
Talk Like a Pirate	2008	September (mid) (Talk Like a Pirate Day)	Minor			NPCs talk like a pirate (and some will look like one). Special drop: Bottle of Grog.
Halloween	2005	October (late) (Halloween)	Major	Lion's Arch Kamadan	2008 20114	Quests. Costume Brawl. Scarred Psyche. Special drops: Trick-or-Treat Bags.
Special Treats Weekend	2007	November (late) (American Thanksgiving)	Minor			Special drops: Hard Apple Cider and Slice of Pumpkin Pie
Wintersday	2005	December (late)	Major	Lion's Arch Kamadan	2009	Quests. Dwayna Vs Grenth (with 8 versus 8 automated tournaments). The Great Snowball Fight of the Gods (PvP). Special drops: Candy Cane Shard, Eggnog, Frosty Tonic, Fruitcake, Mischievous Tonic, and Snowman Summoner.

¹ Includes the corresponding real-world event in parentheses. It is coincidental if the dates match.

² Major events offer a finale and one or two quests that allow you to acquire a festival hat per quest. Minor events might include decorations and/or drops, but lack a finale.

³ A redux event repeats most or all of the festivities; they are offered to make up for a bug or service interruption that prevented a notable proportion of the community from enjoying the original event.

⁴ A Halloween 2011 encore was arranged to provide festival hats to those unable to join the finale due to power outages on the east coast of the United States. [1]

Special occasion events

These events took place to commemorate a special occasion.

Event	Date	Celebration of	Size2
Day of the Tengu	April 27, 2006	Pre-release of Factions	Major
Guild Wars Nightfall PvP Preview Event	July 28 - 30, 2006	Three-day beta of Nightfall available to all GW players	Major
Visit Eye of the North for the Holidays	Winter 2007	Five-hour trial of EotN available to all GW players	Minor
Farewell to Gaile	April 4 - 6, 2008	Gaile Gray's tenure as community manager	Major
Wayfarer's Reverie	August 18 - September 3, 2012	The release of Guild Wars 2	Minor

Player-organized events

Past player-events

There have been too many player-organized events to list them all.

Annual player-events

These events were organized by the same group and held more than once.

• Ascalon Royal Family Masquerade Ball, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Blade Radio Wintersday in July 2010, 2011
• Jingle Jangle, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• KISS Maragon Event, 2010
• Mursaat Rally & 2, MantleCon 1079 AE, 1080 AE, 1081 AE
• Pink Day in LA
• Oktoberfest, 08
• Master Over Minions Minion Bash!, 2, 3
• Nights Of The Mini Pets, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Other events

• Full list of player-organized events

The Guild Wars 2 Wiki also has an article on Special event.

See also

• Weekly bonuses

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